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My initial argument when it came to online identities, skewed towards the benefits of having multiple identities or being anonymous online. Adam’s comment on my blog and the link he included to a wired article bought to my attention the potential motivations some people might have for creating false persona’s online. Continue reading →

My initial argument when it came to online identities, skewed towards the benefits of having multiple identities or being anonymous online. Adam’s comment on my blog and the link he included to a wired article bought to my attention the potential motivations some people might have for creating false persona’s online. Continue reading →

My initial argument when it came to online identities, skewed towards the benefits of having multiple identities or being anonymous online. Adam’s comment on my blog and the link he included to a wired article bought to my attention the potential motivations some people might have for creating false persona’s online. Continue reading →

My initial argument when it came to online identities, skewed towards the benefits of having multiple identities or being anonymous online. Adam’s comment on my blog and the link he included to a wired article bought to my attention the potential motivations some people might have for creating false persona’s online. Continue reading →

Authenticity is a key argument made for the benefit of having just one identity. It stands to reason that if everything you post online can be easily attributed to you, this makes everything you post appear more trustworthy because it’s tied to your reputation and credibility, it’s also easier and less time consuming to manage just one identity, (Futurelearn, 2018). Continue reading →

Authenticity is a key argument made for the benefit of having just one identity. It stands to reason that if everything you post online can be easily attributed to you, this makes everything you post appear more trustworthy because it’s tied to your reputation and credibility, it’s also easier and less time consuming to manage just one identity, (Futurelearn, 2018). Continue reading →

Authenticity is a key argument made for the benefit of having just one identity. It stands to reason that if everything you post online can be easily attributed to you, this makes everything you post appear more trustworthy because it’s tied to your reputation and credibility, it’s also easier and less time consuming to manage just one identity, (Futurelearn, 2018). Continue reading →

Authenticity is a key argument made for the benefit of having just one identity. It stands to reason that if everything you post online can be easily attributed to you, this makes everything you post appear more trustworthy because it’s tied to your reputation and credibility, it’s also easier and less time consuming to manage just one identity, (Futurelearn, 2018). Continue reading →

My initial stance regarding the problem of fake news was slanted towards placing all responsibility on the individual for assessing whether information online is false or not. However reading Luke’s comment allowed me to reflect on just how impractical it is for the average reader to critically assess each article or story they read to judge its validity, due to the amount of time it would take. Continue reading →

False information published online can be designed to further a political agenda, or simply to generate revenue through misleading titles, article descriptions and media in the form of “clickbait”. “Information gap theory” offers some insight into why clickbait is successfully, when a reader sees a snippet of a fake news article they will draw upon their background knowledge of that subject (Golman and Loewenstein 2015). Continue reading →

False information published online can be designed to further a political agenda, or simply to generate revenue through misleading titles, article descriptions and media in the form of “clickbait”. “Information gap theory” offers some insight into why clickbait is successful, when a reader sees a snippet of a fake news article they will draw upon their background knowledge of that subject (Golman and Loewenstein 2015). Continue reading →

Digital differences refer to the diverse experiences people have on the web depending on factors such as their age, gender and ethnicity. In order to explore this I will look at existing research (summarized in fig 1 below), before concluding with some thoughts on how digital differences impact the way I learn online. Continue reading →

Digital differences refer to the diverse experiences people have on the web depending on factors such as their age, gender and ethnicity. In order to explore this I will look at existing research (summarized in fig 1 below), before concluding with some thoughts on how digital differences impact the way I learn online. Continue reading →

I chose this module as I am studying Web Science on the social science pathway, and I was interested in the intersection between this particular module and my degree. Web science explores the socio-technical aspects of the web such as the social shaping of technology. That is to say how the development of technology is a two way process. Continue reading →

I chose this module as I am studying Web Science on the social science pathway, and I was interested in the intersection between this particular module and my degree. Web science explores the socio-technical aspects of the web such as the social shaping of technology. That is to say how the development of technology is a two way process. Continue reading →